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Direct linkHellerstein, Judith K.; Morrill, Melinda Sandler – Journal of Human Resources, 2011
We examine whether women's rising labor force participation led to increased intergenerational transmission of occupation from fathers to daughters. We develop a model where fathers invest in human capital that is specific to their own occupations. Our model generates an empirical test where we compare the trends in the probabilities that women…
Descriptors: Daughters, Fathers, Employed Women, Career Choice
